EuroMillions £64m lottery jackpot goes unclaimed

Britain’s biggest-ever lotto loser has missed out on a £64million jackpot after a EuroMillions winning lottery ticket remained unclaimed.

The winner of the country’s largest unclaimed lottery prize had until 11pm last night to claim the life-changing sum before a 180-day deadline expired.

Even a town crier announcing the win from a Lamborghini wasn’t enough to bring the EuroMillions winner out of the woodwork.

Rumours abound that the lucky ticket is tucked down the back of a sofa in the Stevenage and Hitchin area of Hertfordshire.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: ‘Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticketholder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this staggering amount of money.

‘The vast majority of prizes are claimed within the 180 days but to avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, we would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis.’

He added: ‘We tried very hard to find the ticket-holder, with lots of awareness-raising activity over the past 180 days, and it’s a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner – the nation.

‘This money, and all the interest earned over the 180 days, will now go to the National Lottery Good Causes – adding to the £29billion already raised and distributed to over 390,000 individual awards that have benefited people, communities and projects across the UK.’